beginning; clue; starting point
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
care; kea (Nestor notabilis)
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
moment to quit; way to quit
loungewear; comfortable clothing worn at home
to reflect on (oneself, past conduct, etc.); to contemplate; to examine; to think over; to introspect
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
wind and waves; strife; discord; dissension
matter of time; question of time
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
to be prolonged; to drag on
hooded sweatshirt; hoodie; hoody; hooded jacket; parka; anorak
eyes mismatched in colour (color)
colored contact lens; coloured contact lens; cosmetic contact lens; decorative contact lens
second-year student; biennial
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
annual (plant); first-year student
senior high school; high school
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
quirk of fate; curious coincidence; happy chance
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
to give up (something as hopeless); to throw in the towel
final; eventual; ultimate
breaking off relations; disconnection; insulation (esp. electrical); isolation
estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
heterochromia iridis; eyes differing in colour (color)
busy (phone); in talks; discussion underway
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)